twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
(political) power; authority; influence
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
godsend; gift from providence
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
discarding; firing (an employee)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
winter vacation; winter holidays
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
examination results; test result; test outcome
the same as always; day after day
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
street stall; stand; booth